أَيُّوبَ 22

١ 1 فَأَجَابَ أَلِيفَازُ ٱلتَّيْمَانِيُّ وَقَالَ:

Then Eliphaz the Themanite answered, and said:

٢ 2 «هَلْ يَنْفَعُ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ ٱللهَ؟ بَلْ يَنْفَعُ نَفْسَهُ ٱلْفَطِنُ!

Can man be compared with God, even though he were of perfect knowledge?

٣ 3 هَلْ مِنْ مَسَرَّةٍ لِلْقَدِيرِ إِذَا تَبَرَّرْتَ، أَوْ مِنْ فَائِدَةٍ إِذَا قَوَّمْتَ طُرُقَكَ؟

What doth it profit God if thou be just? or what dost thou give him if thy way be unspotted?

٤ 4 هَلْ عَلَى تَقْوَاكَ يُوَبِّخُكَ، أَوْ يَدْخُلُ مَعَكَ فِي ٱلْمُحَاكَمَةِ؟

Shall he reprove thee for fear, and come with thee into judgment:

٥ 5 أَلَيْسَ شَرُّكَ عَظِيمًا، وَآثَامُكَ لَا نِهَايَةَ لَهَا؟

And not for thy manifold wickedness, and thy infinite iniquities?

٦ 6 لِأَنَّكَ ٱرْتَهَنْتَ أَخَاكَ بِلَا سَبَبٍ، وَسَلَبْتَ ثِيَابَ ٱلْعُرَاةِ.

For thou hast taken away the pledge of thy brethren without cause, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

٧ 7 مَاءً لَمْ تَسْقِ ٱلْعَطْشَانَ، وَعَنِ ٱلْجَوْعَانِ مَنَعْتَ خُبْزًا.

Thou hast not given water to the weary, thou hast withdrawn bread from the hungry.

٨ 8 أَمَّا صَاحِبُ ٱلْقُوَّةِ فَلَهُ ٱلْأَرْضُ، وَٱلْمُتَرَفِّعُ ٱلْوَجْهِ سَاكِنٌ فِيهَا.

In the strength of thy arm thou didst possess the land, and being the most mighty thou holdest it.

٩ 9 ٱلْأَرَامِلَ أَرْسَلْتَ خَالِيَاتٍ، وَذِرَاعُ ٱلْيَتَامَى ٱنْسَحَقَتْ.

Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless thou hast broken in pieces.

١٠ 10 لِأَجْلِ ذَلِكَ حَوَالَيْكَ فِخَاخٌ، وَيُرِيعُكَ رُعْبٌ بَغْتَةً

Therefore art thou surrounded with snares, and sudden fear troubleth thee.

١١ 11 أَوْ ظُلْمَةٌ فَلَا تَرَى، وَفَيْضُ ٱلْمِيَاهِ يُغَطِّيكَ.

And didst thou think that thou shouldst not see darkness, and that thou shouldst not be covered with the violence of overflowing waters?

١٢ 12 «هُوَذَا ٱللهُ فِي عُلُوِّ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ. وَٱنْظُرْ رَأْسَ ٱلْكَوَاكِبِ مَا أَعْلَاهُ!

Dost not thou think that God is higher than heaven, and is elevated above the height of the stars?

١٣ 13 فَقُلْتَ: كَيْفَ يَعْلَمُ ٱللهُ؟ هَلْ مِنْ وَرَاءِ ٱلضَّبَابِ يَقْضِي؟

And thou sayst: What doth God know? and he judgeth as it were through a mist.

١٤ 14 ٱلسَّحَابُ سِتْرٌ لَهُ فَلَا يُرَى، وَعَلَى دَائِرَةِ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ يَتَمَشَّى.

The clouds are his covert, and he doth not consider our things, and he walketh about the poles of heaven.

١٥ 15 هَلْ تَحْفَظُ طَرِيقَ ٱلْقِدَمِ ٱلَّذِي دَاسَهُ رِجَالُ ٱلْإِثْمِ،

Dost thou desire to keep the path of ages, which wicked men have trodden?

١٦ 16 ٱلَّذِينَ قُبِضَ عَلَيْهِمْ قَبْلَ ٱلْوَقْتِ؟ ٱلْغَمْرُ ٱنْصَبَّ عَلَى أَسَاسِهِمِ.

Who were taken away before their time, and a flood hath overthrown their foundation.

١٧ 17 ٱلْقَائِلِينَ لِلهِ: ٱبْعُدْ عَنَّا. وَمَاذَا يَفْعَلُ ٱلْقَدِيرُ لَهُمْ؟

Who said to God: Depart from us: and looked upon the Almighty as if he could do nothing:

١٨ 18 وَهُوَ قَدْ مَلَأَ بُيُوتَهُمْ خَيْرًا. لِتَبْعُدْ عَنِّي مَشُورَةُ ٱلْأَشْرَارِ.

Whereas he had filled their houses with good things: whose way of thinking be far from me.

١٩ 19 ٱلْأَبْرَارُ يَنْظُرُونَ وَيَفْرَحُونَ، وَٱلْبَرِيءُ يَسْتَهْزِئُ بِهِمْ قَائِلِينَ:

The just shall see, and shall rejoice, and the innocent shall laugh them to scorn.

٢٠ 20 أَلَمْ يُبَدْ مُقَاوِمُونَا، وَبَقِيَّتُهُمْ قَدْ أَكَلَتْهَا ٱلنَّارُ؟

Is not their exaltation cut down, and hath not fire devoured the remnants of them?

٢١ 21 «تَعَرَّفْ بِهِ وَٱسْلَمْ. بِذَلِكَ يَأْتِيكَ خَيْرٌ.

Submit thyself then to him, and be at peace: and thereby thou shalt have the best fruits.

٢٢ 22 ٱقْبَلِ ٱلشَّرِيعَةَ مِنْ فِيهِ، وَضَعْ كَلَامَهُ فِي قَلْبِكَ.

Receive the law of his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart.

٢٣ 23 إِنْ رَجَعْتَ إِلَى ٱلْقَدِيرِ تُبْنَى. إِنْ أَبْعَدْتَ ظُلْمًا مِنْ خَيْمَتِكَ،

If thou wilt return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, and shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacle.

٢٤ 24 وَأَلْقَيْتَ ٱلتِّبْرَ عَلَى ٱلتُّرَابِ وَذَهَبَ أُوفِيرَ بَيْنَ حَصَا ٱلْأَوْدِيَةِ.

He shall give for earth flint, and for flint torrents of gold.

٢٥ 25 يَكُونُ ٱلْقَدِيرُ تِبْرَكَ وَفِضَّةَ أَتْعَابٍ لَكَ،

And the Almighty shall be against thy enemies, and silver shall be heaped together for thee.

٢٦ 26 لِأَنَّكَ حِينَئِذٍ تَتَلَذَّذُ بِٱلْقَدِيرِ وَتَرْفَعُ إِلَى ٱللهِ وَجْهَكَ.

Then shalt thou abound in delights in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face to God.

٢٧ 27 تُصَلِّي لَهُ فَيَسْتَمِعُ لَكَ، وَنُذُورُكَ تُوفِيهَا.

Thou shalt pray to him, and he will hear thee, and thou shalt pay vows.

٢٨ 28 وَتَجْزِمُ أَمْرًا فَيُثَبَّتُ لَكَ، وَعَلَى طُرُقِكَ يُضِيءُ نُورٌ.

Thou shalt decree a thing, and it I shall come to thee, and light shall shine in thy ways.

٢٩ 29 إِذَا وُضِعُوا تَقُولُ: رَفْعٌ. وَيُخَلِّصُ ٱلْمُنْخَفِضَ ٱلْعَيْنَيْنِ.

For he that hath been humbled, shall be in glory: and he that shall bow down his eyes, he shall be saved.

٣٠ 30 يُنَجِّي غَيْرَ ٱلْبَرِيءِ وَيُنْجَى بِطَهَارَةِ يَدَيْكَ».

The innocent shall be saved, and he shall be saved by the cleanness of his hands.